Lost thread about cylinder de-glazing w sandpaper

[SvendH]

Hello
I remember reading a thread on a DIY sandpaper/el-drill sleeve honing and cant seem to find it again.Anybody know where its at

[oehrick]

Don't recall seeing that thread but I'd be very wary putting sand or emery paper down a bore regardless of how it is supported and driven, well bonded wet and dry paper perhaps but those 2 & 3 legged honing stone jobs are safer, even so I always oil above the rings and grease above that to block entry then remove the fine abrasive which inevitably ends up down there. My 2 cents on the matter others may have different methods or views and it isn't exactly a high performance Porsche engine I suppose.

[SvendH]

He did it with the head and sump off + pistons out!
-and it wasent "his" thread he was responding on it.

[oehrick]

OK Svend, sorry, still don't remember the thread but a lot of people de glaze with pistons still in situ, so easy to seize the engine on first start up if the waste gets down past the piston crown

[SvendH]

Good advice Rick

[Pavel]

Try April; 26th. under subject 'Engine Overhaul', page 3
Pavel

[JC]

I know this isn't the question you're asking, but the easiest way to de-glaze the bores, is to put a big plough behind it and work it like a rented mule!

[SvendH]

thats it Pavel Have you tried it?

JC
About how long for how long before it stops smoking like a bush fire on starting! I hate all that bluish smoke

[JC]

Its hard to say exactly how long it will take. You need to get the coolant up to operating temperature and work it hard for a few hours. You have to give it hard work periodically or it will start burning oil again. It's possible that yours needs rings, or an overhaul.

[Pavel]

Many, many times SvendH, since the late 1950s from a Ford 8 to a number of Alfa Romeos that I've owned. In my earlier days I could not afford spending good money on tools that were needed only once every couple of years. And yes; it works. It's on a par with buying a rarely used clutch alignment tool when improvising with a tool set socket and insulating tape does the job just as well.
Pavel